Drinking-fountain and other plumbing-fixture.



P. 'J. MADDEN. DBINKINGIOUNT'AIN AND OTHER PLUMBING FIXTURE.

, APPLIQ ATIOH FILED MAY 24, 1906.

' Patented Dec. 20, 1910.

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llllaa v f P. J. MADDEN. DRINKING FOUJSITAIN AND OTHER PLUMB ING' FIXTURE.

APPLIOATION'I'ILED KAY B4. 1906.

978,913. Patented 1m.20,1910.

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oall whom itmay concern: "Be it known that I, PATRICK J Manama, a Citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State S'bf I1l1nois','have invented certain-new and useful Improvements in Drinking-Foun- 1 tains and other Plumbing-Figures, of ffi which the following is a specification.

The principal'objectof the present inlvention is to provide an improved drinking fountain, but it will be seen from the following description that the novel features. 1 in which the invention resides are also 7 'ja'dapted to other plumbing fixtures," among ",tories, and, as to some of said novel features, water-closets, urinals, and many other ffixtures which it is not necessary to here which may be 'mentioned sinks and lava.-

? specifically enumerate.

The invention being prlmarily intended and especially well adapted for drinking 1 vffountains, this embodiment-of it is selected J for the purpose of description and illustraion. 1

The invention consists in the features of velty that are hereinafter described.

In theaccom anying drawings, which are aide part this specification, Figure l a vertical section, on the line 11, Fig.

ffFig. -1. ,Figs. 3,4 and 5 are fragmentary "views showing" slight modifications in verticalsection. p, v I A represents the slab, and B the back of drinking fountain, which may be of any :desired shape or configuration,

of the self-closing type.

slab of a drinking fountain is usually "The slab shown in thedrawings has such a n -wall,. (shown at. D) and the, slab, its back, and the wall are preferably integral and of earthenware. For the. sake of brevity the standing, that the terlnj is intended to comrehend.t11 abo 7sba e of dr n t ai-b it m 19 n--.-er ni ry kitchen sink, or "any other sink or sink-like even date herewith shearing Serial No.

bowl or like receptacle.

, Specification of Letters Patent. j Application filed my 24, 1906. Serial No. 318,515.

waste water.

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and which fmay have one or more faucets C, preferably Theso called bfou'nde d at its front and ends by a bead or owLor sink which receives the waste water. i

, mi slab will hereinafter be used'for de i'gnating this part A, with the under- ;UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DRINKING-FOUNTAIN in 0mm PLUMBING-FIXTURE.

Patented Dec. 20, 1910.

The slab A is'provided' with an -outlet opening 0; directly beneath the bib of each of thefaucets, where more than one is used,

or directly beneath the hub of theonly faucet, where but one is used. In the preferrei'form of the invention this outlet, or each of them, opens directly into a splashcup E, the bottom of which is belowthe 'slab,;and the sides of which are undercut 'as shown at e.

Preferably each of these cups is integral with the slab and is provided with an opening for the outlet of a si gle, faucet, the outlet of the single splas 1-cup is at the bottom thereof,-and a drain pipe F for carrying off the waste The outlet ofwater communicates With it. the splash-cup is protected by a strainer which may be integral with the cup, as shown" at G, in Fig. 3, or which maybe made separately as shown at G in Figs. 1,

Where the fountain has only Qand 5, and at Ur in Fig. t. When it is separate, the strainer is supported by a shoulder e on the cup and is held down by a tie-bolt'H, the lower end of which has threaded engagement with the drain pipe F. This tie-bolt serves not :only to hold the strainer in place but in addition it serves to draw the waste pipe and the receptacle toward each other for the purpose of forming' a tight joint between them. To this end the pipe is provided with a flange f having an annular groove into which projectsone sideof an elastic packing ring I, the other side of which projects into a similar annular groove formed in the receptacle and surrounding its outlet opening. -By tightening the tie-bolt the receptacle and pipe are drawn toward each other and-the elastic packing ring compressed, thereby forming a water-tight joint. In addition to this tie-bolt for drawing the receptacle and pipe toward each other, the drawing shows a screw J engaging the pipe and having threaded engagement with a nut K, supported by a housing L which housing is in- .This last described means for forcing the pipe and receptacle toward each other is not claimed in this application, but isclaimed broadly, in combination with any suitable-support, andspecifically, in combina nw t she n t g a th: the; e;

ceptacle in my. co-pending application of 318,512. This last described means for forcingthe pipe and receptacle toward each other may be dispensed with when the tiecation the means for forming a tight "joint between a receptacle and a pipe having a vertically presented open end, which consists in interposing an elastic packing ring :between them and drawing or forcing them together to compress the packing ring, this also being claimed in my application aforesaid. Nor do I claim in this application the tie-bolt engaging the strainer and pipe for drawing the strainer and pipe toward each other and clamping the receptacle toward each other, this being the subject matter of a divisional application filed November' 23, 1908 Serial No. 464,073.-

The novel features thus far described,'and which. may be used in a drinking; fountain having either one or more than one outlet opening, are the tie bolt engaging the strainer and drain pipe for'drawmg them toward each other, and the splash-cup. The essential peculiarity of the splash-cup is its undercut sides, which afford an enlarged chamber within which the splash received and dissipated, the over-hanging lips at the top or upper part of the cup preventing the splash from leavingithe cup in a direction that would carry it directly over the walls of the sink.

Where two or more faucets are used a splash-cup is provided for each of them but as to all excepting one of said spla'sh-cups, (z'. e., ,the one with which the drain pipe communicates, hereinafter called the main cup,) the outlet is at the side, as shown at E n Figs. 1 and 2. The outlet of each of these additional splash-cups opens into one end of a pipe or'duct E" the other end of which opens into the main shown at E general splash-cup, as which are located below the plane of the slab and are integral herewith, so that the slab forms the top side otthe pipe while its remaining sides are built out upon the underside of the slab, so

that the pipe, 'or so much of it is built upon the under side of the slab, forms a longitudinal rib or bead which strengthens the slab, thereby enabling the slab to be ,made thinner than would be necessary if the duct were formed wholly within the slab and between the planes of its top and bottom surfaces. Furthermore this pipe is in and of itself the duct or passage through which the Water flows and not merely a cavity in the ware in which a separate pipe 190011- tained and confined either during the process of molding the slab or otherwise. Furthermore thchousing L is disposed transversely to the pipe and is integral therewith as well as with the slab so that it takes the form of: an enlarged centrallv located transverse rib which addi-,

port for the strainer G.

- cup in by embedding it t-ionally strengthens the slab at its niidlength thereby greatly strengthening the slab at the point where it joins the integral bolt is used. Nor do I claim in this appliback B. These pipes or ducts E" slope downward toward the main splash-cup and are integral with the sink. In fact the slabor bottom of the sink forms the top of the pipes or ducts, thus dispensing with the use of separate pipe connections. A- peculiarity of each of the additional splash-cups is that its bottom is closed and extends downward below its lateral outlet opening, E, thereby forming a Well which contains and at all times retains a small quantity of water. This also has a tendency to prevent splashing.

As above described, and as shown inl igs. 1 1304, inclusive, the splash-cup is located below the slab or bottom of the sink and integral therewith, and while this is pref erable, still, generically considered,- the in vention is not limited thereto and in Fig. 5 I have shown a splash-cup M located above the slab and made separate therefrom and preferably of metal. The bottom of the cup has a tubular portion m which projects into the outlet opening of the slab and is made of two diameters and with an offset m. The offset provides an external shoulder which rests upon a'corresponding internal shoulder a in the outlet opening and an internal shoulder .Which provides a sup- The tie bolt H which passes through the strainer-G and engages thepipe F serves to hold the splashplace, in addition to holding the strainer 1n place, when the latter is removable, and drawing the slab and pipe toward each other for forming a tight joint between them" as already described. Above theslab, and at the level of the top surface thereof the cup is providedwith' a series of perforations, m", for permitting water to run from the slab into the bottom of the cup.

What I claim as new is:

'1. Asa new article of manufacture, a plumbing fixture having aslab having an opening through it, and a splash-cup communicating with said opening, said splashcup having undercut sirlcs, substantially as described. i 2. As a new article of manufacture, a' plumbing fixture having a slab, having a-n opening through, it, and a's plash-"cup. communicating with said opening, said splashcup having at top an over-hanging-lip, sub stantially as described.

3.'As a new article of manufacture, a

plumbing fixture having a slab having an opening through it, and a splash-cup communicating with said opening, said splashcup beingjntegral with the slab and having undercut'sides, substantially as described.

4,. As a new article of manufacture, a plumbing fixture having a slab, having an opening through it, a splash-cup con1munieating with said opening, said splash-cup having undercut sides, and having also an outlet opening, and a strainer in said outlet opening, substantially as described.

As a-new articleof manufacture a plumbing fixture having a slab provided with a plurality of openings through its bot- .tom, for the escape of waste water, a pipe with which said openings communicate, said pipe being integral with the slab and located on the under side thereof, sothat the slab form's the'top side of the pipe while its remaining sides are built up on the under side of; the slab, thereby forming ribs for strengthei'iing the slab and a drain pipe with which the pipe first aforesaid commui'iicates.

(5. As a new article of manufacture, a plumbing fixture having a slab provided with a plurality of openings through its bottom, for the escape of wastewvater, a splash cup with which eachof said openings conununicates, pipe with which each of s abcommunioating with said opening, said splash-cup having undercut sides and hav said splash cups communicates, said slab,

splash cups and pipe being integral and the splash cups and pipe being located below the slab, so that the slab forms the top side of the pipe while the remaining sides of. the

pipe and splash on s are'built up uponthe under sidebf the s ab so as to form ribs for strengthening the slab and a drain pipe with which the pipe first aforesaid communicates.

7-;- As a new article of-manufacture, a

Jlnnibingf fixture having a slab having ano ening through it, a splash-cup below the ing a closed bottom, and a drain-duct or passage colnn'iunicating with the splash-cup- 40.

above its closed bottom, substantially as described. p

8. As a new article otmanufacture, a

plumbing fixture having a slab having an opening through it, a faucet,-the spout of t the top side of the pipe while its remaining sides are built up upon the under side of the slab, thereby forming a strengthenlng rib, and a housing, integral with the slab and pipe, with the interior of which said pipe connnunicates, said housing being disposed transversely to the pipe and forming an additional strengthening rib.

10. As a new article of" manufacture, a pluu'ibii'ig fixture having,a slab provided with a plurality of openings through it, a pipe, integral with the slab, with which said ,openings communicate to the said pipe being located below the slab'so that the slab forms the top side of the pipe while'its remainlng "sides are built up on the under side of the slab, thereby forming a strengthening rib, a 'housing, integral with-the slab and pipe, said housing being located at a point intermediate of and transversely to the pipe, thereby forming an additional strengthening rib, the portions of the pipe located on opposite sides of the housing being in internal communication therewith.

PATRICK J. MADDEN;

\Vitnesses:

L. M. Hor'nms, Gno. A. HAn'rKE. 

